by CCI Ottawa | Jul 25, 2022 | News
It’s not a stretch to say hockey rejuvenated Faihaa’s spirit. The widowed mother of two had fled Syria and its brutal civil war, finding refuge in Jordan for four years before coming to Canada. But after one month, she wasn’t sure if she had made the...
by CCI Ottawa | Jul 5, 2022 | News
Ghina is bubbling over the phone line. She’s 18 years old and is wrapping up her first year at the University of Ottawa where she studies biomedical sciences. It was New Year’s Eve 2015 when she and her family arrived in Toronto on their way to Ottawa. It...
by CCI Ottawa | Jan 24, 2019 | News
By Claudine Nduwimana Douaa remembers her life as a refugee in Lebanon. She was working in a grocery store to help support her family, her dream of going to university put on hold. Now, less than three years later, Douaa is a first-year student at Carleton University...
by CCI Ottawa | Aug 7, 2018 | News
In a recent column, Le Droit’s Patrick Duquette called a Donald St. apartment complex, where many Syrians live, a ghetto and a ticking time bomb. (Story here) He reports that Syrians are unhappy with the pace of settlement, the lack of job opportunities, language...
by CCI Ottawa | Jun 28, 2018 | News
By Claudine Nduwimana A little more than two years ago, Canada welcomed 25,000 Syrian refugees over the course of three months. Thousands of those refugees were children and teens who brought a new culture to our local schools. For many, it was the first opportunity...
